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Comparative Study of the Dose-Dependence of OATP1B Inhibition by Rifampicin Using Probe Drugs and Endogenous Substrates in Healthy Volunteers

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Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate association of the dose-dependent effect of rifampicin, an OATP1B inhibitor, on the plasma concentration–time profiles among OATP1B substrates drugs and endogenous substrates.

Methods

Eight healthy volunteers received atorvastatin (1 mg), pitavastatin (0.2 mg), rosuvastatin (0.5 mg), and fluvastatin (2 mg) alone or with rifampicin (300 or 600 mg) in a crossover fashion. The plasma concentrations of these OATP1B probe drugs, total and direct bilirubin, glycochenodeoxycholate-3-sulfate (GCDCA-S), and coproporphyrin I, were determined.

Results

The most striking effect of 600 mg rifampicin was on atorvastatin (6.0-times increase) and GCDCA-S (10-times increase). The AUC0–24h of atorvastatin was reasonably correlated with that of pitavastatin (r2 = 0.73) and with the AUC0–4h of fluvastatin (r2 = 0.62) and sufficiently with the AUC0–24h of rosuvastatin (r2 = 0.32). The AUC0–24h of GCDCA-S was reasonably correlated with those of direct bilirubin (r2 = 0.74) and coproporphyrin I (r2 = 0.80), and sufficiently with that of total bilirubin (r2 = 0.30). The AUC0–24h of GCDCA-S, direct bilirubin, and coproporphyrin I were reasonably correlated with that of atorvastatin (r2 = 0.54–0.70).

Conclusion

These results suggest that direct bilirubin, GCDCA-S, and coproporphyrin I are promising surrogate probes for the quantitative assessment of potential OATP1B-mediated DDI.

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  • 21 February 2019

    There was a miscalculation of coproporphyrin I AUC0-24h in the published article (Volume 35, Number 7). After the correction of AUC0-24h, AUC ratio and R-square were re-calculated. Then, following corrections were made in the abstract, the body, Fig. 3, Fig. 4 and Table 2 in this article.

Abbreviations

AUC:

Area under the plasma concentration–time curve

BCRP:

Breast cancer resistance protein

C4:

7-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one

CDCA:

Chenodeoxycholate

CDCA-24G:

Chenodeoxycholate-24-glucuronide

CYP:

Cytochrome P-450

DDI:

Drug–drug interaction

GCA:

Glycocholate

GCDCA-S:

Glycochenodeoxycholate-3-sulfate

GDCA:

Glycodeoxycholate

GLCA:

Glycolithocholate

HPLC:

High performance liquid chromatography

LC–MS/MS:

Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

MRM:

Multiple reaction monitoring

NTCP:

Sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide

OAT:

Organic anion transporter

OATP1B1:

Organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B1

OATP1B3:

Organic anion-transporting polypeptide 1B3

OATP2B1:

Organic anion-transporting polypeptide 2B1

TCDCA:

Taurochenodeoxycholate

TDCA:

Taurodeoxycholate

TUDCA:

Tauroursodeoxycholate

UDCA:

Ursodeoxycholate

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Acknowledgments and Disclosures

The authors thank Miwa Yoshida (P-One Clinic) for her technical support in conducting the clinical research, and Drs. Ragu Ramanathan, Amanda King-Ahmad, and David Rodrigues (Pfizer, Groton, CT) for their kind support in introducing their analytical method for coproporphyrins I and III to this study. This study was financially supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) [Grant 24,229,002], and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) [17H04100] from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and a Grant-in-Aid from the Japan Research Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology.

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  1. Takashi Yoshikado

    Present address: Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology, Yokohama University of Pharmacy, 601 Matano-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 245-0066, Japan

  2. Issey Takehara and Takashi Yoshikado contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Biomarker Department, Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

    Issey Takehara

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacokinetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Issey Takehara, Daiki Mori, Kazuya Maeda & Hiroyuki Kusuhara

  3. Sugiyama Laboratory, RIKEN Innovation Center, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan

    Takashi Yoshikado, Keiko Ishigame & Yuichi Sugiyama

  4. P-One Clinic, Keikokai Medical Corp, Tokyo, Japan

    Ken-ichi Furihata

  5. Drug Metabolism & Pharmacokinetics Research Laboratories, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

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Takehara, I., Yoshikado, T., Ishigame, K. et al. Comparative Study of the Dose-Dependence of OATP1B Inhibition by Rifampicin Using Probe Drugs and Endogenous Substrates in Healthy Volunteers. Pharm Res 35, 138 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-018-2416-3

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